To eat an oyster raw is to eat it aliveOn the oyster’s edge, under the sea, on a rock, a tree root, a bamboo pole, a pebble, a tile or another shell, the bivalve’s cilia – from the Latin for eyelash – are waving. Together, they move water over the oyster’s gills – its shell is open, its muscles are relaxed. The oyster has lungs. It has a three-chambered heart. An hour passes; the oyster has filtered five litres of water. The oyster has listened to the breaking waves: it opens and closes according to the tides.One valve is the… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2021/jun/15/an-oyster-they-can-hear-the-breaking-waves